•First came on the scene
•1888: Scudders Literature
in the Schools
•Edmund Blake Huey: The Psychology and Pedagogy of Reading
–First “scientific” contribution to reading instruction
and focused on “the hygiene
of reading, the history of reading,
and the psychology of reading
•1889: Reading: How
to Teach It by Sarah Louise
Arnold
–Emphasis is on the development of an appreciation for good literature
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